Carla Dickhaut:
CLASS OF 1983
Augustana University CollegeClass of 1983
Camrose, AB
Carla's Story
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Carla's Story
I grew up on a farm and was surrounded by horses. I would ride anything I could get my hands on. We had friends that ran chariot ponies and boarded them at our place. Chariot ponies are trained only to run. I would be dragged, scrapped off and bushwhacked, but never got tired of trying. My Dad had trained horses so seeing my passion and determination helped me get into breeding and training. When I was nine years old my parents bought my sister and I each a mare. My mare was bred to a handsome registered Arabian stallion. The result was a beautiful little stud colt and the start of my aspiration to breed and train horses.
When my stallion was old e...Expand for more
nough to train under saddle I wanted to do it myself. Dad said no. So I waited until my parents left, got out my saddle and had a little rodeo. This was probably not the smartest thing for a twelve year old to do, but I thought who would know. Then one day my Dad saw me riding my stallion. He was horrified and proud all at the same time.
Started Training at Age Twelve
From that time on nobody trained my horses but me. I was able to get some mares and start my own breeding program. At the beginning I raised Arabians and had some Quarter horses. Then fell in love with Peruvian Paso’s. I started looking at other gaited horses like Walkers and Fox trotters. I fell in love with a big Palomino walking horse, that was bred to a beautiful black stallion. I bought them both!".
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